Rand ran himself out of the Republican primary. He couldn't have done a worse job if he tried. It was hard to watch. I so wanted him to do better.

This interview on The View, though, he did great.

I disagree I think that the establishment ran him out of the Primary. The establishment tried to create an unelectable republican party platform by pushing a pied piper strategy, it was all layed out in the John Podesta emails. Rand Paul was favored to win the Republican party nomination and the establishment used their Trump card. They tried to poison the well but the democrat party imploded when they stole the nomination from Sanders and the proof got leaked. The establishment has been trying to coopt the Ron Paul tea party movement from the beginning of Rand Paul's career..

Rand had no chance in Michigan or Pennsylvania if he was the nominee. Trump was the only Republican capable of securing those states.

“Force the normies into taking sides. At the moment they are just like "meh, I am minding my own business" retreating culturally into their private bubbles and "safe-spaces" since they don't understand what is going on. When the actual "us vs them" starts, they will be forced to fight or they'll die.” - Anonymous Poster